''Baeospora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is t ...

-producing

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

. It is variously classified in the families Tricholomataceae or

Marasmiaceae The Marasmiaceae are a family of basidiomycete fungi which have white spores. They mostly have tough stems and the capability of shrivelling up during a dry period and later recovering. The widely consumed edible fungus ''Lentinula edodes'', the ...

, though as of 2007, these groups are undergoing revision. It has been found to fall into the "hydropoid clade" ('' Hydropus'' and allies), though no formal Linnaean taxon has been designated based on this classification. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist

Rolf Singer Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a Germany, German-born mycologist and one of the most important Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. After receiving his Ph.D. at the University ...

in 1938. The most recently described species, '' B. occidentalis'', is a

snowbank fungus A snowbank fungus is any one of a number of diverse species of fungus, fungi that occur adjacent to or within melting snow. They are most commonly found in the mountains of western North America where a deep snowpack accumulates during the winte ...

that was discovered in montane coniferous forests of the western USA.

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Marasmiaceae Agaricales genera Taxa named by Rolf Singer {{Marasmiaceae-stub

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